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Professor Martha Bailey and the Swedish Riksbank’s First Deputy Governor Anna Breman have been appointed 2024 honorary doctors at Lund University School of Economics and Management (LUSEM). American economist and economic historianMartha Bailey is a Professor of Economics at the University of California (UCLA). She also works at the prestigious National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Baile

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/leading-us-economist-and-first-deputy-governor-riksbank-new-honorary-doctors - 2026-06-03

ISTANBUL, Türkiye – April 13-15, 2026. The Political Economy of Legal and Governance Reform in Non-Western Societies: Insights from Central Asia (POLCA) research project, funded by the European Commission and led by the Department of Sociology of Law at Lund University, recently convened two major international workshops in Istanbul. The events brought together more than 30 leading scholars, pract

https://www.norca.lu.se/article/polca-project-hosts-international-workshops-istanbul-exploring-alternative-institutions-and-legal - 2026-06-03

The agreement for Inspera, which is used for digital examinations at Lund University, has been extended for another four years. This means that both teachers and students can continue to use the tool until September 2028. Inspera facilitates grading and contributes to a more secure examination environment. Meanwhile, preparations for a new procurement process for future needs are underway. Photo:

https://www.education.lu.se/en/article/agreement-inspera-extended-continued-opportunity-digital-exams - 2026-06-03

John Molson MBA International Case Competition är en prestigefylld case-tävling där lag från hela världen deltar. Under sex dagar i januari samlades 30 lag med högkvalificerade studenter i Montréal, Kanada. Tävlingen följer ett format där alla lag möter varandra och omfattar sju olika case. Den är öppen för ekonomihögskolor världen över och erkänd som den största tävlingen i sitt slag. Syftet är a

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/ekonomihogskolan-pa-john-molson-mba-international-case-competition-0 - 2026-06-03

When Liesbeth van Heel joins the Theme Next Generation Healthscapes at the Pufendorf IAS, she does so with a rare combination of long-term hands‑on experience and research. Liesbeth has spent more than three decades at Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, and her journey into research has grown directly out of practice. This interview was conducted during her stay in Lund in December 20

https://www.pi.lu.se/en/article/practice-research-meet-international-fellow-liesbeth-van-heel - 2026-06-03

Two world-leading American researchers known respectively for their research within medical humanities, and the sensory nervous system and perception of pain and temperature have been named honorary doctors at the Faculty of Medicine. The honorary doctorates will be conferred on 26 May 2023. Ever since David Julius’ discovery of the temperature and pain receptor TRPV1, he has contributed crucial d

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/honorary-doctors-named-faculty-medicine - 2026-06-03

This article is over 5 years old, and the information may therefore be outdated. Nine senior researchers from five different faculties at Lund University have been granted three million SEK for a novel transdisciplinary initiative to improve the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. Four of them are research leaders from the strategic research area MultiPark at the Medical Faculty. The collabora

https://www.multipark.lu.se/article/three-million-new-thematic-collaboration-initiative-about-early-diagnosis-and-prognostics-alzheimers - 2026-06-03

The number of applicants to this autumn's international courses and programmes has increased by 16% across Sweden. As usual, Lund University is at the top in terms of the number of applications and has for the first time reached over 30,000 applications in total in the international Master's programme (Master HT25) with 31,947 applications. This represents an increase of around 15% compared to app

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/record-number-applicants-our-international-courses-and-programmes - 2026-06-04

The COP climate meetings are organised in a way that benefits richer and larger countries at the expense of smaller and poorer countries, according to a new study from LUCSUS and the University of Leeds. The study also labels the participating countries as either Radicals, Opportunists, Hypocrites or Evaders. Every year, the UN organises its global climate change Conference of the Parties, “COP”,

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/un-climate-meetings-organised-way-benefits-richer-larger-countries - 2026-06-03

Can fashion ever become sustainable? How do we transition to environmentally smart e-commerce? What role will universities play in future society? These are some of the subjects to be discussed during the research festival Our Future City on 7-10 June at Campus Helsingborg. The event is organised in collaboration with the daily newspapers Helsingborgs Dagblad. Our Future City can most simply be de

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/sustainable-cities-and-communities-focus-research-festival-our-future-cityh22-7-10-june - 2026-06-04

On Thursday June 16, Hasan Hosseini is defending his PhD thesis in Water Resources Engineering, "Advanced Remote Sensing Precipitation Input for Improved Runoff Simulation – Local to Regional Scale Modelling". Welcome to attend! Hasan Hosseini is defending his PhD thesis in Water Resources Engineering, Advanced Remote Sensing Precipitation Input for Improved Runoff Simulation – Local to Regional S

https://www.cmes.lu.se/article/phd-thesis-defence-advanced-remote-sensing-precipitation-input-improved-runoff-simulation - 2026-06-03

The 15th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-15) is just around the corner. Taking place in Malmö, July 6–11, the conference will showcase groundbreaking advancements in materials, physics, optical and electronic devices based on group-III nitride semiconductors. As the call for abstracts deadline for the upcoming conference ICNS-15 approaches, we asked one of the chairs, Vany

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gearing-nitride-semiconductors-conference-icns-15 - 2026-06-03

Narcissism, psychopathy and machiavellianism are personality traits that often lead to major social problems in the workplace. Magnus Lindén has researched “the dark triad” – dark personality traits that can nevertheless lead to success and management positions. Illustration: Catrin Jakobsson “People with dark traits often cause major relationship problems in the workplace. It’s arsehole-like beha

https://www.staff.lu.se/article/dark-personalities-how-handle-arsehole-work - 2026-06-03

A research team at Lund University in Sweden has discovered a mechanism that helps acute myeloid leukemia cells to evade the body’s immune system. By developing an antibody that blocks the mechanism, the researchers could restore the immune system’s ability to kill the cancer cells in laboratory trials and in mice. The discovery is published in Nature Cancer. In brief:Facts about the study: peer-r

https://www.medicine.lu.se/article/new-mechanism-revealed-how-leukemia-cells-trick-immune-system - 2026-06-03

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. Trafikolyckor står för fler än 1,3 miljoner dödsfall i världen varje år. För att bidra till att minska denna siffra ger Lunds universitet internationella kurser inom trafiksäkerhet. Den senaste gick av stapeln i augusti i år och deltagarna kom från Botswana, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi och Sydafrika. Lunds universitet ha

https://www.lu.se/artikel/uppdragsutbildning-fran-lunds-universitet-ska-bidra-till-att-minska-antalet-dodsfall-i-trafiken - 2026-06-03

Den här artikeln är över 5 år gammal, och informationen kan därför vara inaktuell. – Varför är produkter tänkta för äldre ofta så trista? Visst är funktionen viktig, men sakerna kan ju gärna få vara snygga också! Det menar docent Britt Östlund, som forskar och undervisar om äldre och design. Britt Östlund visar hur ett trygghetslarm skulle kunna se ut. Foto: Gunnar Menander Som exempel tar hon try

https://www.lu.se/artikel/varfor-sa-trista-prylar-aldre - 2026-06-03

Handelsrättsprofessorn på Ekonomihögskolan som väckt medial uppmärksamhet i frågor om spelberoende och dessutom gjort betydande insatser inom undervisning och forskning om EU-rätt – Jörgen Hettne – lämnar nu vår skola för att tillträda som domare vid EU-tribunalen i Luxemburg. Jörgen Hettne förklarar att tribunalen är en del av samma institution som EU-domstolen och är belägen i samma byggnad i Lu

https://www.ehl.lu.se/artikel/professor-i-handelsratt-blir-domare-vid-eu-tribunalen - 2026-06-03

Måndagen den 13 januari är det Arrival Day – dagen då Lunds universitet välkomnar vårterminens nya internationella studenter. Totalt har 767 studenter antagits till universitetets utbildningar under vårterminen 2025. De nya internationella studenterna kommer från 64 olika länder och representerar en mångfald av kulturer och bakgrunder. De största grupperna kommer från Nordamerika, Australien och E

https://www.lu.se/artikel/lunds-universitet-valkomnar-767-nya-internationella-studenter - 2026-06-04

“It's an amazing feeling to see your research put to practical use in the real world," explains Magnus Gäfvert, new Innovation Developer at LU Innovation who works with researchers at LTH. After having been co-founder and CEO of the software company Modelon, which is based on LTH research, he has now returned to Lund University. Now he wants to help the next generation of researchers transform the

https://www.innovation.lu.se/en/article/ceo-innovation-developer-magnus-gafvert-coaches-researchers-lth-become-next-generation-innovators - 2026-06-03

Fidelity Investments handles financial services all over the world and is on many finance students' wish list of future employers. Active members of Lund University Finance Society (LINC), have for several years in a row secured at place at the company’s popular summer internship in London. Sebastian Lindeborg is studying Ekonomie kandidatprogrammet (Bachelor's in Business and Economy) and is goin

https://www.lusem.lu.se/article/top-internship-finance-goes-annually-cambridge-oxford-and-lund - 2026-06-03